Kunz, George Frederick, and Charles Hugh Stevenson

The Book of the Pearl, The History, Art, Science and Industry of the Queen of Gems [1908]

London: Macmillan, 1908. 1st UK edition, quarto, original white buckram cloth with gilt decoration, col frontis with tissue guard, many plates (some in colour), maps, pp xix, 548. Very slightly darkened to edges of boards, minor foxing to endpapers, otherwise clean and in near-fine condition. First edition, first issue of the London edition. (Very heavy, please inquire regarding postage.)

Important work on the history of the pearl and the pearling industry, lavishly illustrated. Includes section on the pearl fisheries of Australia (mainly Western Australia) as well as the pearl fisheries of the Persian Gulf. Scarce, especially in the London edition. (another edition published in New York the same year was issued in turqoise cloth boards). Item #104643

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